Contact: Jason Jones,
206-7874

UIS
program marks Earth Week 2003

SPRINGFIELD – In
observance of Earth Week 2003, the Environmental Studies program at the
University of Illinois at Springfield will present a two-part program titled
Illinois: An Environment for Change.

The first session examines Illinois Conservation
Efforts and is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 21, in Brookens
Auditorium.

Brent Manning, director of the Wyoming Game and Fish
Department and former director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources,
will deliver keynote remarks on “Illinois Conservation Legacy: Past and
Present.”A panel discussion and
questions and comments from the audience will follow the address.

Panelists will be Carolyn Grosboll, director of the
Illinois Nature Preserve Commission; Vern Lagesse, president of Friends of
Sangamon Valley; Brenda Molano-Flores, C-TAP program coordinator for the
Illinois Natural History Survey; and Gerry Rodeen, member of the national board
of directors of Pheasants Forever.

Malcolm Levin, professor of Environmental Studies at
UIS, will open the program.

The second session will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23, also in Brookens Auditorium, and will focus on Urban
Sprawl and Smart Growth in Illinois.

Heather Smith of Chicago Metropolis 2020 will deliver
the keynote address on “The

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Metropolis
Plan: Choices for the Chicago Region.”The panel will include Bill Warren, professor of Environmental Studies
at UIS; David Killiman, Springfield Regional Planning Commission; Tom
Hevisides, from the Balanced Growth Office of the Illinois Department of
Natural Resources; and Deana Glosser, also from the Department of Natural
Resources. Time will be allotted for questions and comments from the audience.

Warren will open Wednesday=s session.

Both programs are free and open to the public and are
made possible by a grant from the Monsanto Company. Brookens Auditorium is
located on the lower level of Brookens Library on the UIS campus.

For more information, contact the Environmental Studies program at 206-6720.